How to Enable Different Views

NOTE: This instructions are the same as for FM2015, though some new views have been added for Football Manager 2016.

These instructions will assume you have already downloaded and installed the version of the Highlights mod you want to edit.

To download the mod see this page

Within the skin I have included various different views that can be shown for each option in each panel, as the game only supports one view for each item per panel enabled at once if you want different views you'll need to enable them.

Below is a list of the different views that are available (note all views may not be available in the FMC mod as it doesn't use some data):

Overview

- Kits/Logos, Score, Team Names shown Top/Bottom.

- Kits/Logos, Score, Team Names shown side-by-side.

- Ref, Weather, Attendance Widget.

- Team Names, Score, shown side-by-side.

- Kits/Logos, Score, Team Names side-by-side, fixture details small font.

- Kits/Logos, Score, Team Names side-by-side, small font.

Match Stats

- Customizable classic style list.

- Short Stats.

- Customizable Bar Charts.

- Customizable Bar Charts, Team font changed to readable on light skin, content inset from sides.

Action Zones

- Small version - Removed an unneeded extra layer of embedding that was just wasting space.

- Default version.

Shots

- Prozone shots panel, edited to allow you to pick pitch orientation.

Formations

- Formation panel with Player Names.

- Formation panel with 2D Icons Only.

- Both Formations side-by-side with Player Names.

- Both Formations top-bottom with Player Names.

Body Language

- Default panel showing name and body language.

- Modified version that adds more stats to the view, condition, rating, goals.

Player Ratings.

- Default stats, fixed so resizes correctly, has classic way of keeping subs on the bench.

- As above option, but with subs showing within the first XI when brought on.

- Version with Body Language (same as option from body language section).

- Full Stats panel, disabled by default as not enough room.

- Both Player Ratings panel also disabled by default as not enough room.

Also includes other panels (feedback, league table, updates etc...) but they have no alternative views available.

To enable the different views you need to edit the 'match in between highlights panel.xml' located in the panels folder for the version of the mod you have downloaded.

To edit this file I reccommend you use Notepad++ or a web editing program that displays the code in colour as it makes it easier to see which parts to edit.

I've added various comments to the file to explain what various bits of code do so it should be fairly simple to edit, these should appear in a green colour if you are using Notepad++

For an example I will show you how to get different versions of the Match Stats panel to show in the Wide FMC Skin.

First the In Between Match Highlights Panel is made up of four panels - we have the full size left panel, the full size middle panel and then the two right panels the top one and the bottom one, each of these panels has it's own code that determines what displays in each of them, for example it is possible to set a different version of the match stats panel to appear in each of them (which is what we are going to do).

To edit the Match Stats view on the Left Panel you need to scroll down until you find this section of code:

<widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats floating">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget>

<!-- <widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats overview">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget> -->

<!-- <widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget> -->

The first line is commented out and explains what the code below displays, the L2 mark at the start of the line denotes L for the Left Panel and 2 as the Match Stats view is the second item in the list (after the overview screen) now you can only have one of the three match stats views visable for the left panel at one time each of the options are noted by the L2 note on the first line.

At the moment the code in blue is the active code, however we want the second view to display (Default Match Stats) to do this we need to comment out the active mode by adding  to the end so it now looks like this:

<!-- <widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats floating">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget> -->

Now to enable the second view we need to uncomment out it's code by deleting the  from the last line so the code now looks like this:

<widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats overview">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget>

Now the code in the file should look like this:

<!-- <widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats floating">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget> -->

<widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats overview">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget>

<!-- <widget class="match_stats_panel" id="mtst" file="match stats">

<translation id="title" translation_id="247439" type="use" value="Match Stats" />

</widget> -->

If done right the left panel in the game should now look like this when on the Match Stats View. (In the below screenshot the middle panel shows the initial match stats view):

To adjust the middle panel you need to scroll down until you find the code that starts with an M, so for the Match Stats view look for this line:

To adjust the top right panel look for lines like this:

To adjust the bottom right panel look for lines like this:

The coding for each of these panels is edited just as you did for the left panel, and the alternative views for the other options are also enabled in the same manner just remember you can only have one view per note enabled at once i.e. only one of the L2 items can be enabled at once but the M2 item can be a different view as long as only one of the M2 views is enabled.